Blogs comments approval is tedious work for every WordPress administrator. If your WordPress comments status is auto approval, your blogs will be received many comments per day there is most of the comments will be spam. So that comments approval is toughest work for every bloggers. If you not filter spam comments, your blogs web traffic performance will be lost and Google Search engine punish your blogs
How to automatically filter spam comments in your blogs?
Many WordPress spam filter plugin available in WordPress plugin directory, but you must choose the right plugin otherwise your blogs affected performance and security issues. Akismet WordPress plugin provide the best solution for filter spam comments. By default Akisment plugin installed in WordPress. You must activate to configure this plugin by doing following steps:
1. Go to your blog admin area
2. Select Plugins – Installed Plugins, you can see all available plugins
2. Click Activate link in Akismet plugin
3. Click on the Settings link, here you can enter the Akismet API key any one of following options:
- If you select Activate Akismet option, Click Get your API Key button it will redirect to Akismet website. There is you can generate API key it will be added and activated automatically
- If you select manually enter an API key option you must generate the API key in Akismet website and enter the API key in this section text box, then click on the Use this key button.
How to Generate Akismet API key?
1. Go to Akismet website and signup with Personal plan
2. If you would like to donate for this plugin you can pay as you wish through your credit card, if you would like to get free services you can select $0.00/yr in “WHAT IS AKISMET WORTH TO YOU?” section.
3. Enter your contact info and click continue button
4. API key will be generated, you can use this key for activate your WordPress Akismet plugin
Now your blogs spam comments will be filter automatically. In this plugin settings area you can delete spam what you don’t like to see your spam comments or maintain in the spam folder for your approval based on Strictness selection.